Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

The volume explores the beginnings of Christianity in Rome, the political and religious centre of the Roman Empire. Early Christian writings such as Paul’s letters to the Romans, the Acts of the Apostles, First Clement and the Shepherd of Hermas demonstrate that Rome became an important place for early Christians by the end of the first/beginning of the second century....

The present contributions examine three modes of interpretation—rewriting, appropriation, and commentary—within early Jewish and Christian texts. As is well known, scriptural interpretation was important, even central, for the process of identity formation in early Jewish and Christian communities. The modes of scriptural interpretation covered in Modes of Scriptural Interpretation in Early Judaism and Early Christianity not only betray deep commonalities...